Here is a great idea on keeping your stockpile organized by date quickly and easily! Because the key to a successful stockpile is using everything within it’s expiration date. If you have to throw food out then you’er wasting money (regardless of how good the deal was when you bought the food!)
Thanks to Just Trying to Save Money for sharing this idea with us!
How many times have you planned to use an item in your stockpile, only to start dinner and realize the product is expired or it has gone bad? Well here is an easy way to make sure you use your food before it goes bad or expires!
Most all products that you purchase have an expiration date on them, but usually they are very tiny and hidden in random places on your packaging, making it hard to see when they expire. So what we do is label our food with the expiration date with a large black marker in plain site to make sure we use it before it expires. You can do this easily! As you are adding your products to your pantry, grab your maker and label it as you put them away. This is one added step to maintain with your grocery shopping but it will help you keep all those great deals that you just found from going bad.
Now we are not saying all food wasted in America is from expired food, some come from spoiled food, over cooking or picky eaters just not finishing the food on their plates. But if you can cut out the chance of you letting food go bad before you use it or donate it, then it will make a huge difference in your overall grocery budget. There are a few items that you will not be able to label, say fruits and veggies. But if you want to make sure you really use all of your produce before it goes bad, saving you big time on your budget, you could always put them in a ziploc bag and label them or even freeze it.
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